Saturday Shopaholics, can we buy some Statesmen and send them to Congress?

Punt. It's what Congress does best. We have a nine month reprieve on the incandescent light bulb ban, but that's pretty worthless seeing as how it takes the manufacturers more than year to re-tool. So they're still gonna crank out truckload after truckload of toxic CFL bulbs and flickering LCD bulbs and tough luck finding any Real Light Bulbs because Amazon is out of stock.

Repeal the ban, otherwise you're just grandstanding for the cameras.

And ooooh! We got the Keystone XL pipeline in exchange for a two month extension of Barry's payroll tax cut. Or did we? As I read the bill, Barry has 60 days to decide yay or nay. He'll claim 60 days isn't enough time to "study" the issue, so "nay" it'll be.

That's we in the Real World call a pyrrhic victory. But Congress just pats themselves on the back and heads home for Christmas.

And come February we get to do this all over again! Because God Forbid that Congress actually makes a decision, or passes a budget.

Well, I actually get why Harry Reid won't pass a budget. (1000+ days and counting!) The last budget he passed included Porkulus. So in the convoluted math employed by the Congressional Budget Office, Porkulus is currently part of the "baseline." Continuing Resolutions (like the one which they just passed) build off the baseline, and if they come in at less than what was in the budget then it counts toward those mythical deficit savings numbers we sometimes hear bandied about. But when Obama signs a new budget, it becomes the baseline, and there's $787 billiion of fake savings that Congress can't pretend to cut every time they pass another Continuing Resolution.

Statesmanship. It's not on the radar down there in DC.

We shopped in town today, and I'm pleased to say we found every gift we needed to find. And the stores were filled with other shoppers, likewise loaded down with packages. It was like a scene right out of Norman Rockwell as we greeted old friends also enjoying a beautiful day along the Avenue.

Who needs the mall? You're not gonna find anything unique at Chainstores R Us.

What do you get when you mix Christmas and Congress? I don't know, because it can't be done.

Profiles in Courage.

At the risk of offending the perpetually offended, here's a Barack Obama Christmas Carol that's sure to become a big hit.

And finally, here's another atheist attempting to justify his lack of faith. This time it's one of Arianna's minions invading our local Patch, all to show just how unsophisticated us small town rubes really are. See, Mr. I've-Got-It-All-Figured-Out is a humanist. So he can say, apparently with a straight face, "The Best Gift Ever: Freedom From Religion."

I won't bore you with excerpts. He's got 12 principles for living his life because the Ten Commandments are outdated. Principle #3 is "Recycle," which pretty much tells you where this nutjob is coming from.

Having read the whole thing (there's 7 minutes I'll never get back) I can safely say the gentleman doth protest too much. He's got a religion alright. It's the Religion of "Me." Because when there's no higher power, what else is there? Arianna Huffington? No thanks, I'll pass on that.

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